Sat, Nov 20, 2004

When you ask the average Joe today how he would describe a Christian, he?s likely to come back with a characterization of someone who is intellectually weak, physically out of shape, economically unproductive, morally spineless, and a constant complainer.

Nearly two years ago the Bush administration froze out Yasser Arafat. Their reasoning was straightforward: Arafat had no real intention of facilitating peace. Stirring his people?s hatred is how he kept himself in power.

After President Bush nominated him to be Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), Rep. Porter Goss walked across the Capitol to meet with a senator he hardly knew and who had criticized him: John McCain.

President Bush appears serious about tackling "fundamental tax reform" within the next four years, although enhancing alternatives to Social Security and Medicare may well deserve his first turn at bat.

Some are touting this week's opening of the Clinton presidential library as a potentially momentous event -- not because of the library itself, but because Democratic bigwigs will be together to discuss the future of their party.

It?s company policy at The New York Times that opinion columnists may not officially endorse presidential candidates. Still, there was no doubt during the past year which man most of the page?s writers were backing.

One of the more frightening post-Sept. 11 reports is handed to us by Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett, Maryland Republican, detailing how an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack could disrupt electronic systems across the entire continental United States for years on end.

According to a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, that governments of the left in Europe have been doing pretty much the same thing as President Bush has done here.

Sun, Nov 14, 2004

There's nothing wrong with questioning the standards that are set for any endeavor, for any area of human activity whatsoever ? especially when it concerns our kids. Rules can, do and must change to meet changing circumstances. Of course.